According to a recent study, advertisements in medical journals often contain misleading information about the effectiveness and safety of new prescription drugs. The medical researchers who wrote the study concluded that the advertisements could result in doctors’ prescribing inappropriate drugs to their patients.
The researchers’ conclusion would be most strengthened if which of the following were true?
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thanks, this one made sense pretty quickly
C is the obvious gap right? If doctors don't even look at the ads, the whole argument falls apart.
yep, that's the assumption they need. misleading ads only matter if docs actually use them.
got it right but took me a sec to rule out D. D kinda restates the problem instead of linking ads to prescribing.
same here, D felt tempting at first glance lol
D just says ads are less accurate, doesn't connect to what doctors do. C bridges that.
What it tests
Whether you can identify the option that most bolsters an argument's conclusion.
Common trap
Choosing an option that is consistent with the argument but adds no new support, or that shifts the topic.